Dominick McKinney
Art 160
Professor Nicol
Role of artist 4
After looking through the sixth edition World of Art book and looking at the images I found one that seemed to attract my attention as soon as I placed my eyes on it. The title of this image was “You can buy bootleg whiskey for twenty-five cents a quart,” from the Harlem series 1942-43 by Jacob Lawrence. I looked on google.com and found out that Lawrence was separated from his mother at an early age, he was twelve when Lawrence and his two siblings were reunited in Harlem New York. Lawrence had taken an interest in painting on cardboard boxes at after school program called the utopia children’s center. Lawrence had to work most of his young life because is mother had lost her job in the great depression. However through the help and persistence of sculpture Augusta Savage Lawrence was able to continue his painting. Lawrence also served as a coast guard in ww2 before coming back to a booming art career. Lawrence captures the emotion and mindset of the time he lived for many African Americans. Lawrence categorized his form of art as that of an expressionist and if you see his “The Migration of the Negro” exhibit, its almost impossible not to get lost in the emotion behind the 60 panel collection. Below are some links to Jacob Lawrence's biography and art he is responsible for bring to life I hope you find his work as interesting and inspirational as I have.
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